'Profectitious' definitions:

Definition of 'Profectitious'

From: GCIDE
  • Profectitious \Pro`fec*ti"tious\, a. [L. profectitius, fr. proficisci to set out, proceed.] Proceeding from, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster]